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The Singapore museum redrawing the map of Southeast Asian art

The National Gallery Singapore opened to justified acclaim last year. But will its mission be hampered by the country’s constraints on free expression?

Pick of the fair: Burzio

New exhibitor Burzio offers this rediscovered marquetry prie-dieu

Pick of the fair: Tornabuoni Art

Alberto Burri’s Rosso nero has a strange beauty

Pick of the fair: Galerie Kugel

This 360-degree panorama is as extraordinary today as it was 200 years ago

Gormley hits back at Brexit campaigners

Art News Daily : 18 March

Pick of the fair: Koopman Rare Art

A pair of wine coolers by one of Britain’s most celebrated gold- and silversmiths

Book competition

Your chance to win ‘Vigée Le Brun’ by Joseph Baillio, Katharine Baetjer and Paul Lang

The pop art that should never have reached the recording studio

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From Joseph Beuys to Dinos Chapman, the artists who have turned to music but should never have hit the studio

Could the mystery of Nefertiti’s tomb soon be solved?

Art News Daily : 17 March

What’s in store at the State Hermitage Museum?

The Hermitage has more than 3 million items in its collection, so making its stores accessible is quite a feat

The Met Breuer’s biggest strength is its ability to make you think

Two fresh and distinct inaugural exhibitions could set a new blueprint for the museum

Pick of the fair: Brame & Lorenceau

Alexander Calder’s exuberant gouache seems closely related to his colourful sculptures

UNESCO gears up for a pizza party

The Neapolitan dough boys have applied for protected status for pizza through UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage scheme

Suspects arrested in connection with Verona theft

Art News Daily : 16 March

Nikolai Astrup shines outside Norway

The Norwegian painter gets some overdue recognition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery

Mark Wallinger’s uncanny identity parade

There’s no shortage of ideas in Mark Wallinger’s psychoanalytically-inspired new show, but it’s hardly a walk on the wild side

Pick of the fair: López de Aragón

This huge, tragic theatre mask from ancient Rome is a sight to behold

Fire destroys parts of Wythenshawe Hall

Art News Daily : 15 March

Category error: Hilma af Klint

Group IX/SUW, No. 17. The Swan, No. 17, by Hilma af Klint.

The Swedish painter wasn’t a pioneer, she was an anomaly

Terrorism, anarchy and revolt in 1970s Portugal

Stan Douglas turns to espionage in his latest re-examination of cultural history

Pick of the fair: Sydney L. Moss

Two wrath-filled guardians of the Buddha keep watch over the Asian art specialist’s stand

Francis Bacon paintings worth €30 million stolen in Madrid

Art News Daily: 14 March

Rocking out in Berlin

Copying prehistoric rock painting was an art in its own right – and one that had a striking impact on modernism

New York’s annual celebration of Asian art is underway

Asia Week New York should be considered the TEFAF Maastricht of Asian art